Index to

Series of Taped Interviews

with

Rear Admiral Arthur W. Price, Jr.

USN (Ret.)

ACTOV: U. S. turn-over of naval assets to the Vietnamese

Navy, p. 456-7;

AIR PAC: Price reports to staff of ComAirPac (Sept. 1952) p. 184-201;

ALLENDE, Salvator: p. 512-13; USS ASHLAND (LSD-1): Price named as commander during Berlin

Crisis, p. 300-1; the special engines in the ship, p. 306; the commissioning ceremony, p. 307-8; description of the ship, p. 309-310; shakedown training, p. 311-12, detailed to the 6th fleet, p. 314-340; a unit of Phib Ron 4, p. 316-7; Price relieved at Vieques by Commander King, Jr., p. 343;

AUSTRALIAN ARMY: joint exercise with WesPac Amphibious forces,

p. 628-30; USS BLUE RIDGE: Amphibious Command Ship, p. 610; BU PERS: Price is assigned to detailing for special programs and

projects, p. 276 ff; problem with personnel assigned to the USS KITTY HAWK, p. 277-8; special demands of the Berlin Crisis, p. 300-1;

BURKE, Admiral Arleigh: a demonstration of the SIDEWINDER for

him at Pt. Mugu, p. 219-20; p. 270; COM AMPHIB FORCE - 7th Fleet (CTF 76): Price takes command under

Adm. Holloway, p. 608 ff; Adm. Steele relieves Holloway - the special amphibious operation in the Philippines, p. 609 ff; an officer overboard - rescued by a Russian trawler, p. 611-14;

COM PHIB EAS PAC: Price takes command in August 1972, p. 596-7;

amphibious operations, p. 598 ff; CORAL SEA DAY - in Australia: p. 363-4; p. 367-9; DES RON 36: Price sent to Norfolk for four months, p. 237 - then

becomes Exec of a DD, p. 237; has AWS training and fleet sonar training before reporting, p. 238; also temporary duty of USS HOLDER, p. 240;

USS Duluth: Price given command during shake down cruise, p.

361; ship sent to Australia for 25th anniversary of Coral Sea Battle, p. 363-4; Subic and the Java Sea - and then becomes a unit of the Ready Group ALPHA, p. 370; participates in seven

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amphibious landings in I Corps and II Corps areas, p. 371-2; p. 387 ff;

USS ENTERPRISE: her absence from her pier at time of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor saved her, p. 68;

FLT AIR WING I: Price transfers from old VP-14 to Com Fit. Air Wing I, p. 69-70;

FLIGHT TRAINING: p. 75-7; Price gets his wings in Nov. 1944, p. 85; a temporary commission as an ensign, p. 85-6; Melbourne-Kingsville, night fighters, p. 108-110; Vero Beach, p. 113-4;

USS FLOYD'S BAY: (AVP-40) Seaplane tender - Price reports

to her after line school in Monterey, p. 142 ff; duty with the 7th fleet, p. 145-7; and air/sea rescue exercise, p. 150 ff; ordered to Iwakuni, Japan to set up a seadrome and conduct seaplane operations, p. 153-4; overhaul in Mare Island, p. 170 ff; p. 232;

FRENCH FRIGATE SCHOAL: p. 61, p. 63;

GAME WARDEN support ships for CTF 116: p. 411-12; p. 430-1; accomplishments of the River Patrol boats in a three-year span, p. 473 ff;

GIANT SLINGSHOT: p. 437-8; p. 452; p. 457; p. 466; p. 469; p. 475; p. 495;

GOUIN, RADM M. E. A.: deputy AirPac, p. 188-91;

USS HARNETT COUNTY (LST-821): becomes headquarters ship for Giant SLINGSHOT Operation, p. 468-9; manner in which she was protected from mines, p. 470-1;

HELLCAT (F6-F): planes in use at NAS Melbourne, p. 87 ff; p. 93;

SS HINDENBERG - German Zeppelin, p. 7-8;

HOLLOWAY PLAN: integrating reserves into the regular navy - with college training, etc., p. 111-2;

ICAF (Industrial College of the Armed Forces): Price enrolled in

August 1969, p. 505-521; a South American tour, p. 509-11;

IWAKUNI, Japan: p. 153-165; where Kamikazi were trained, p. 155-

6;

JOHNSON, Admiral Roy: ComPhibPac (1971), p. 538;

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KAMINAZI: the training and practice of launching towards the end of WW II, p. 155-56;

KIEFER, Commodore Dixie: Exec on the USS WRIGHT, p. 35; p. 59;

KINGSVILLE, Florida: Price there (1945) for night fighter training, p. 108;

USS KITTY HAWK: the fire and the problems it presented to BuPers

over the assigned personnel, p. 277-8;

LAKEHURST, New Jersey: impressions of the lighter-than-air base on Price, p. 7-9;

LIBERATORS: (PB 2-Y-2): VP - 14 gets new planes, p. 69;

USS LIDDLE: (APD [ex DE]) her past history in WW II, p. 260-1; takes organized reserve on training cruises, p. 263-6; ship goes out of commission in Orange, Texas, p. 268-9; p. 270-1;

MIDWAY ISLAND: p. 43; patrols of VP-14 from Midway, p. 62-4;

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY: Price sent there (June 1948) under the Holloway Plan for a five-term course, p. 127 ff;

NAS MELBOURNE: Price sent there after getting his wings - flies F6-F HELLCAT fighter, p. 87 ff; Price has difficulties with his guns, p. 94-6; a broken fuel pump and a safe landing, p. 97-9; goes to Great Lakes for carrier landings, p. 100 ff;

MOORER, Admiral Thomas H.: secured twenty OV-10A helicopters from the marines for the River Patrol Force, p. 500; p. 506;

MONTEREY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL: Price ordered there from the USS

ASHLAND, p. 341; p. 349-50;

MONTEREY NAVAL SCHOOL: Price reports (Feb. 1950), p. 133; four quarters of electrical engineering, p. 134 ff;

NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - Jacksonville, FL, p. 201; p. 204; training to handle the SPARROW I missile, p. 204-5;

NAVAL AVIATION: see entries under: VP-14; USS WRIGHT: with outbreak of war the navy changed some policies - including requirements for flight school, p. 59;

NAVAL RESERVES: Price's reaction to the men on training cruises, p. 264-6;

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NAV SUR PAC: (Navy Surface Force): formed by Salzer in 1975

from elements of the decommissioned Amphibious Force, the Cruiser-Destroyer Force and the Service Force, p. 633; p. 636; Price becomes Inspector General, p. 636;

U. S. NAVY: Price enlists in Navy (Sept. 1939), p. 13; great desire to attend the Naval Academy, p. 14-15; fails attempt at Academy exams - navy sends him to aviation metalsmith's school in Pensacola, p. 20; p. 26-8; the Receiving Station in San Diego, p. 30-31; a reorganization of TF-3 in 1968 for pursuit of common objectives, p. 432-4;

USS NORTON SOUND: her use in demonstrating the TERRIOR Missile, p. 224-5;

USS PAUL REVERE: Price's flagship in 1974 while in Vietnam area,

p. 628; p. 629-30; p. 631; PEARL HARBOR: The Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 as

told by Price who was attached to VP-14, p. 47-57;

PHIB PAC: Price goes from Monterey school to Phib Pac as war plans and contingency officer, p. 352; later becomes force operations officer, p. 353-4; a big amphibious exercise - SILVER LANCE, p. 358-9; difficulties with communications, p. 360-1;

PHIB RON 11: Price takes command in July 1970, p. 521 ff;

the complexion of this group, p. 524; orders for decommissioning of #11 with winding down of the Vietnam War, p. 526; loading tanks for the marines at Okinawa, p. 527-9; Squadron decommissioned in Long Beach on March 30, 1971, p. 533; p. 540-1; Price describes problems of loading at Danang, p. 546-7;

POINT MUGU: missile testing site - Price elects to go there after special course in Jacksonville, Florida, p. 210 ff; assigned to the Naval Air Station at Mugu, p. 217; use of drones in testing missiles, p. 221-2; the test of a TERRIER missile for the benefit of Admiral Sharp, CincPac, p. 224-8;

PRICE, RADM Arthur W. Jr.,: background, p. 1 ff; early interest

in aviation, p. 9 ff; schooldays in a small eastern town, p. 21-3; Price gets orders to flight school (Feb. 1943), p. 71; marriage, p. 89; divorce, p. 131; p. 174; second marriage, p. 174-5; birth of first child, p. 210-11; daughter, Carolyn, born (1955) p. 230; Price decides in 1955

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to leave aviation and become a line officer, p. 230 ff; two more children born to the family, p. 262; Price gets a degree from the U. of Maryland, p. 294-6; medical arrangements for his mother (1960); p. 345; p. 348; health problems, p. 393-7; after Vietnam - a vacation trip to Tahiti, p. 507-8; selection as Rear Admiral, p. 549-50; p. 569; retires on July 1, 1975, p. 636; resume of awards won in service, p. 638-9; retirement years, p. 639 ff;

RACE RELATIONS: briefing of the flag officers in U. S. Navy, p.

604-5;

RAMAGE, VADM Lawson P.: p. 355;

RICKETTS, VADM Claude V.: CruDesFlot 4, p. 257-8;

RICKOVER, Admiral Hyman G.: p. 289-91;

RUNG SAT SPECIAL ZONE: see entries under VIETNAM CTF-116; SEALORDS; VIETNAMESE NAVY;

SALZER, Vice Admiral Robert: goes from TF 117 (1968) to first Sealords Commander, p. 435-6; p. 506; named as ComNav For Vietnam, 1971 - asks Price to go as his Captain Deputy, p. 534-5; p. 551; leaves Vietnam command (June 1972), p. 584; Salzer worked closely with General Abrams, p. 58 5; ComPhibPac, p. 608; p. 620; p. 633; p. 635; p. 636;

SEAL Teams: use in Vietnam, p. 410; p. 447; p. 473; SEALORDS (SE Asia Lake-Ocean-River and Delta Strategy) - p. 434;

Salzer becomes commander, p. 435; four barrier patrols established, p. 436-7; p. 474; p. 489; p. 495;

SHILLATO, Barry: Deputy for Logistics in DOD, p. 586; SIDEWINDER: p. 206-7; a demonstration at Point Mugu for

Admiral Burke, p. 219-21;

SPARROW MISSILE: See NAvAirTech. Training School; STEELE, VADM George Peabody II: Com 7th Fleet, p. 609; p. 629; p.

633; USS STRIBLING: Price ordered as Exec (1956), p. 242 ff;

establishing authority, p. 247-8; qualifies for command, p. 249-50; takes over from skipper on emergency leave - for an exercise, June 1957, p. 250 ff; Price detached after 18 months to command the LIDDLE (APD-60), p. 255; more on the

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STRIBLING, p. 256-7;

TERRIOR Missile: a special demonstration for CincPacFlt - off Hawaii - using the NORTON SOUND, p. 224;

THOMPSON, Sir Robert: British guerrilla-type warfare specialist in

Vietnam for consultations, p. 593-5; VBF-75: Price assigned to squadron in Atlantic, p. 115 ff; then

back to night fighter squadron, p. 122;

VCN-2: Price joins squadron at Key West (Dec. 1946), p. 122;

VETH, RADM Kenneth L.: relieved by Adm. Zumwalt as Comdr. Naval Forces, Vietnam, p. 432; p. 465; Price comments on Adm. Veth, p. 483-5; p. 488; p. 490;

VIETNAM - COM NAV FOR: Salzer named as Commander (1971) - asks Price to be his deputy, p. 534-5; Price has cognizance of operations and intelligence, p. 551-2; Price visits every U. S. base in Vietnam as a start, p. 553; transfers of U. S. ships to the Vietnamese Navy, p. 553-6; Seabees erect radar installations along the coast to aid in detection of sampan ammo runners, p. 560 ff;

VIETNAM - CTF 116: Price ordered to duty in Vietnam -

riverine warfare - the story of his tour of duty, p. 405-504; seeking a suitable boat for duty in the Delta rivers, p. 406-7; history of CTF 116 and its particular mission, p. 408; need for helicopter gunships as support for CTF-116 boats, p. 408-9; also p. 429-30; need for SEAL teams to supply intelligence, p. 410-11; LSTs for maintenance, p. 410-11; need for minesweepers in the rivers, p. 414-5; also p. 430; training at Mare Island, p. 416-8; Price relieves Captain Gray on Apr. 3, 1968, p. 419; the Vietnamese Navy, p. 419-20; (also numerous entries under: VIETNAMESE NAVY); problems in the rivers – the new Mark II boat meets some of the difficulties, p. 424-6; the new YFMB (Floating barracks), p. 427; difficulty in following up intelligence about the evening intentions, p. 447-8; the TF operation in I Corps, p. 454-5; accomplishments of the river patrol boats, p. 472 ff; awards received by the TF, p. 476-7; the wearing of black berets, p. 481-3; an appraisal, p. 489-ff;

VIETNAMESE NAVY: see entries under: ACTOV; also VIETNAM - CTF-116: the transfer of ships to the Vietnamese, p. 553 ff; the status of Vietnamese marines, p. 558-9; a system of radar sites erected along the coast to

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aid in shutting off the enemy sampans carrying ammo, p. 560; an American Admiral designated as deputy for supplies for the Vietnamese navy, p. 572-3; problems of stopping ships at sea; p. 573-4; utilizing an old Coast Guard light ship, p. 576-8; Price attends Vietnam briefings in Saigon to show interest, etc., p. 583; Vietnamese addiction to "French training" methods, p. 588-9; efforts to get the Vietnamese navy to help in getting supplies into Cambodia, p. 622-3; p. 625;

VP-14: based on Kaneohe Bay - Price goes there as a first class aviation metalsmith, p. 44; equipped with new PBY-5s in November 1941, p. 46; patrols out from Pearl Harbor, p. 46 ff; formation of night crews, p. 58 ff; Price passes physical for flight school - starts training as a bombardier, p. 60-61; VP-14 gets the new B-24's (LIBERATORS), PB2-Y2 and there is a reorganization - squadron becomes VP-102; p. 69;

WAKE ISLAND: USS WRIGHT establishes a seaplane base at Wake (Dec. 1940), p. 39-43;

WAVES: detailing WAVES, p. 291-2; WEISNER, Admiral Maurice Franklin: Price talks with him on

inspection trip to Vietnam, p. 621; WESTMORELAND, General Wm.: p. 490-1; USS WRIGHT (Seaplane tender - AV-1): Price assigned to her at

Pearl Harbor, p. 34 ff; makes third class rank, p. 38; servicing seaplanes at Palmyra, Wake, etc., p. 39 ff; Price transferred to VP-14 at Kaneohe, p. 44 ff;

ZUMWALT, Admiral Elmo: assumes command (Sept. 1968) the Naval Forces, Vietnam, p. 432. Begins the Vietnamization program in the fall of 1968, p. 456-7; decided to make Ben Luc a permanent base for the Vietnamese Navy, p. 469; p. 534-5; p. 568; p. 620-1;